Hans is a street fruit peddler and born-loser. His choice of career upsets his bourgeois family, causing him to turn to drinking and violence. After recovering from a debilitating heart attack, his business finally begins to take off. However the more he becomes a credit to his family, the more depressed he becomes.
Hans Hirschmüller
Irm Hermann
Hanna Schygulla
Andrea Schober
Karl Scheydt
Klaus Löwitsch
Gusti Kreissl
Ingrid Caven
Peter Chatel
Elga Sorbas
Kurt Raab
Hark Bohm
Walter Sedlmayr
Lilo Pempeit
El Hedi ben Salem
Jürgen Prochnow
Heide Simon
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Daniel Schmid